Leon Dai
Acting
Biography
Leon Dai (Chinese: 戴立忍; pinyin: Dài Lìrěn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tè Li̍p-jím, born 27 July 1966) is a Taiwanese actor and film director. His film Cannot Live Without You was Taiwan's submission to the 82nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The film also won two awards at the 46th Golden Horse Film Awards.
Born: July 27, 1966
Place of Birth: Taichung County, Taiwan
Known For
Golden Horse Awards
The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards (Chinese: 台北金馬影展; pinyin: Táiběi Jīnmǎ Yǐngzhǎn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-pak Kim-má iáⁿ-tián) is a film festival and awards ceremony held annually in Taiwan. It was founded in 1962 by the Government Information Office of the Republic of China (ROC) in Taiwan. The awards ceremony is usually held in November or December in Taipei, although the event has also been held in other locations in Taiwan in recent times
Wave Makers
Weng Wen-fang (Hsieh Ying-hsuan) came from a political family. She joined the Justice Party as the deputy director and spokesperson of the Publicity Department, after failing to be re-elected as a member of the Council. She led the publicity team in realizing their goals, but not without facing many challenges to their faith and values.
Hidden Whisper
The film consists of three stories: One about a 5-year-old girl, one about a teenager, and still another about a 30 something woman involved in an affair with a married man. Without providing a definite answer whether the three leading actresses are playing the same person in different stages of life, the movie instead hovers on several consistent themes that keep on emerging in all the stories. For example, the image of drops of blood on the clothes, in the shape of maroon flowers.
Love in Vain
A-Yan and Xiao-Yu are strangers, but they look just like twins. A-Yan is a country boy who comes to the big city for a better future. However, the girl whom he falls for cheats him out of the insurance payout he has got from his grandmother’s illness. Xiao-Yu who owns a talent agency betrays his business partner. As a result of an attempted kidnap, their lives are entwined with each other.
Yi Yi
A Taipei family faces personal and moral uncertainty as everyday events test their relationships and sense of purpose.
The Great Buddha+
Security guard Pickle and his trash collector friend Belly Button kill time together in night shifts watching the American-educated boss's dash-cam recordings of his various sexual encounters with women. Against the buddies' will, something horrifying rather than erotic reveals.
Your Name Engraved Herein
In 1987, as martial law ends in Taiwan, Jia-han and Birdy fall in love amid family pressure, homophobia and social stigma.
挟刀揉手
Blue Cha Cha
Just coming out of the jail, depressed and close-hearted, Ah Yu met two men with different characters from each other. One is a businessman, charming and mature; the other is a young supervisor in a factory with a promising future. But these two loves are short-lived, fading away like bubbles on the beach. With a wounded soul, she went back to the cottage owned by Sister An, a friend from jail.
Godspeed
A Taiwanese drug mule has his foolproof smuggling method thrown out of whack when he catches a ride with the wrong cab driver.
Filmography
as Chen Zhi-Hao
as Chao Yu-ching
as Mo Jian Chang
as Chua
as Chang-tse Chao
as Mr. Hsing
as Father
as Adult Chang Jia-han
as 自己
as Kevin Huang
as Ta Pao
as 郝平生
as Coffee Shop Boss
as Curved Knives Fighter
as Frog referee (voice)
as Kang Furong
as Tian Xu
as Chen Ching-Piao
as Luo Yan
as Professor Lee
as Captain Wang
as Devil
as Yun's Husband
as Jabbar
as Hsiao-pang's Uncle (segment "Reverberation")
as Zhou Yunshan
as Le beau père
as The Magician
as Pimp
as Tye Adult
as SWAT Leader
as Qiu Qingcheng
as Chen Sang
as Dong Heng
as Ming Kao
as Robinson
as Li Feng-bo
as Mad Cop
as Tiger
as Huang Zilei
as Gangster Boss
as Liren
as San
as Adult Ho-jun
as Zhan Tian-ma
as Chuen-Shu
as Ah-hai
as Self